A line of blood and dirt : creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands / Benjamin Hoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoy, Benjamin, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Boundaries--Canada.

United States.

Canada--Boundaries--United States.

Canada.

Indians of North America--Canadian-American Border Region--Government relations.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Canadian-American Border Region--History.

Indians, Treatment of--United States--History.

Indians, Treatment of.

Indians, Treatment of--Canada--History.

Boundaries--Social aspects--United States.

Boundaries.

Boundaries--Social aspects--Canada.

Boundaries--Social aspects.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

North America--Canadian-American Border Region.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Creating the Canada-United States border across indigenous lands

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This book examines the creation and enforcement of Canada-United States border from 1775 until 1939. Built with Indigenous labour and on top of Indigenous land, the border was born in conflict. Federal administrators used deprivation, starvation, and coercion to displace Indigenous communities and undermine their conceptions of territory and sovereignty. European, African American, Chinese, Cree, Assiniboine, Dakota, Lakota, Nimiipuu, Coast Salish, Ojibwe, and Haudenosaunee communities faced a diversity of border closure experiences and timelines. Unevenness and variation served as hallmarks of the border as federal officials in each country committed to a kind of border power that was diffuse and far reaching. Utilizing Historical GIS, this book showcases how regional conflicts, political reorganization, and social upheaval created the Canada-US border and remade the communities who lived in its shadows"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Building Borders

2. The Civil and Dakota Wars

3. New Countries, Old Problems

4. Borders of Stones, Guns, and Grass

5. Where It All Went Wrong

6. Borders of Salt and Rock

7. Blood and Bones

8. The Chaos of Control

9. Higher Than Sight Can Reach

10. The Borders of Everyday Life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Hoy, Benjamin. Line of blood and dirt

ISBN:

9780197528693

0197528694

OCLC:

1182020185